found: The Salt Lake Tribune, website viewed August 13, 2014(Brigham Madsen; Brigham D. Madsen; nicknamed Brig; born in Magna, Utah October 21, 1914; grew up in Pocatello, Idaho; LDS mission to rural Tennessee and North Carloina; graduated from the University of Utah in 1938; moved to California to study American History at University of California, Berkeley where he finally received his PhD in 1948; joined the army in World War II and served in the European theater and on the General Staff as Chief of the Historical Section of the 3rd Army; joined the History Department at Brigham Young Universtiy in Provo, 1948-1954; president of Madsen Brothers Construction Company; taught at Utah State Uiversity, 1961; began teaching at the University of Utah in 1965-1984 when he retired; lifelong member of the Utah Westerners; instumental in founding the Utah Humanities Council; died December 24, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah)